Morgan Stanley applies for OCC bank charter to custody crypto
The Wall Street banking giant has been accelerating its foray into crypto, filing to launch Bitcoin, Ether and Solana ETFs in Janu...
Crypto VC Paradigm expands into AI, robotics with $1.5B fund: WSJ
Paradigm's Matt Huang previously said developments in AI were "too interesting to ignore" and that both AI and crypto will have pl...
Crypto Biz: A Bitcoin treasury shareholder revolt
Bitcoin treasury companies face investor backlash as stablecoin issuers post strong earnings and legacy payment giants navigate mo...
Alchemy introduces autonomous payment rails for AI agents on Base
The system enables AI agents to automatically pay for blockchain data and compute credits in USDC, as autonomous crypto applicatio...
US DOJ seized and froze $580M in crypto from ‘Chinese transnational criminals‘
The seizures and freezing over three months were conducted by the District of Columbia’s Scam Center Strike Force, established by...
Bitcoin manipulation claims face pushback as ETFs snap 5-week outflow run: Finan...
Analysts dispute claims of a daily Jane Street Bitcoin dump as spot Bitcoin ETFs post three days of inflows and DeFi debates shift...
Figure Technology stock crashes 20% following mixed Q4 earnings
The blockchain-based lending platform beat revenue estimates but fell short on earnings, even as annual profit reached $134 millio...
Minnesota to weigh ban on crypto kiosks after scam reports
Representative Erin Koegel proposed a total ban on crypto ATMs in Minnesota, building on a 2024 state law that imposed restriction...
Barclays probes blockchain for banking functions like payments, deposits: Report
The UK lender is reportedly seeking a technology partner to support blockchain-based payments and deposits as stablecoin adoption...
South Korea’s tax office leaks wallet seed and loses $4.8M in seized tokens
South Korea’s National Tax Service reportedly published a wallet seed phrase in a press release, and tokens worth $4.8 million wer...